Worth a few re-watches
This movie is so much fun I watched it twice. It’s a nice comfort film when work gets too stressful. For the kids, it’s a fun superhero adventure, a classic Reverse Flash comes back in time to challenge Barry Allen romp that hits all the right marks. Part of it is a game of “name that supervillain” as we get a bunch of them in quick montage. The guy in the orange and black mask is Deathstroke, in case your kids don’t recognize him. He’s probably the least known of the bunch. For the adults, there is a sort of wink-wink humor to it. Barry calls out Reverse Flash on his name, for example “So you’re the slowest man alive?” and “Do you run in reverse?” Aquaman’s appearance was delightful. For the literary-minded, this is a play on the old-style morality plays, not just in that it teaches a moral lesson as many kids’ movies do, but in that it nods to the themes, such as how fickle humanity is, that are common in that genre. The brick nature, it being Lego, is referenced, but rather than being gratuitous, is organic to the plot. It’s entertaining enough, it won’t drive you crazy if your kids want to watch it every night for a month. Read more
